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Hornung, Erik

'Human beings,' the acclaimed Egyptologist Jan Assmann writes, 'are the animals that have to live with the knowledge of their death, and culture is...

The contemporary theologian Hans Küng has asked if the »death of God,» proclaimed by Nietzsche as the event of modernity, was inevitable. Did the ...

Among the most beloved saints in the Catholic tradition, Francis of Assisi (c. 1181-1226) is popularly remembered for his dedication to poverty, hi...

Burke, Peter

The work of the Christian scholar Lactantius provides an ideal lens through which to study how Rome became a Christian empire.Elizabeth DePalma Dig...

With an emphasis on readers and reading, Jonathan Culler considered deconstruction in terms of the questions raised by psychoanalytic, feminist, an...